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Los Angeles

United States > California

Average elevation: 621 m

Manteca

United States > California > San Joaquin County

Average elevation: 12 m

Rubicon Peak

United States > California > El Dorado County

Average elevation: 2,434 m

Los Angeles County

United States > California

Average elevation: 378 m

Pacifica

United States > California > San Mateo County

Average elevation: 76 m

BV

United States > California > Fresno County > Fresno

Average elevation: 107 m

Orcutt

United States > California > Santa Barbara County

Average elevation: 155 m

Placer County

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,074 m

Palm Springs

United States > California > Riverside County

One possible origin of palm in the place name comes from early Spanish explorers who referred to the area as La Palma de la Mano de Dios or "The Palm of God's hand". The earliest use of the name "Palm Springs" is from United States Topographical Engineers who used the term in 1853 maps. According to William…

Average elevation: 859 m

Ponderosa

United States > California > Tulare County

Average elevation: 2,222 m

Mount Shasta

United States > California > Siskiyou County

Mount Shasta (/ˈʃæstə/ SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; Karuk: Úytaahkoo) is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the…

Average elevation: 3,717 m

Windsor

United States > California > Sonoma County

Average elevation: 39 m

Laguna Hills

United States > California > Orange County

Average elevation: 133 m

Cardiac Hill

United States > California > Marin County

Average elevation: 330 m

Hillsborough

United States > California > San Mateo County

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16 km2), all of it land. The area's considerably winding, hilly topography, and impossibility of a grid layout make Hillsborough notoriously challenging to navigate. Many lots include fairly steep slopes, particularly…

Average elevation: 100 m

Orange County

United States > California

Average elevation: 111 m

Ventura County

United States > California

Ventura County can be separated into two major parts, East County and West County, which are divided by the Conejo Grade. East County consists of all cities east of the Conejo Grade. Geographically East County is the end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in which the Conejo Valley is located, and where there is a…

Average elevation: 331 m

Solano County

United States > California

Average elevation: 76 m

Harbor Hills

United States > California > Lomita

Average elevation: 66 m

Trinity County

United States > California

The county hosts many visitors, especially during summer months, for camping, backpacking, boating on the lakes, rafting/kayaking on the rivers, hunting, and fishing. The summers tend to be clear, sunny, warm, and very dry, with little rain from June to September except for some mountain thunderstorms in the…

Average elevation: 868 m

Santa Rosa

United States > California > Sonoma County

Average elevation: 136 m

Anaheim

United States > California > Orange County

Average elevation: 89 m

Morgan Hill

United States > California > Santa Clara County

Morgan Hill is approximately 24 mi (39 km) south of downtown San Jose, 13 mi (21 km) north of Gilroy, and 15 mi (24 km) inland from the Pacific coast. Lying in a roughly 4-mile-wide (6 km) southern extension of the Santa Clara Valley, it is bounded by the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the Diablo Range…

Average elevation: 153 m

Hemet

United States > California > Riverside County

Dedicated to James Simpson, Hemet City Council 1947–48, and mayor 1950 to 1966. Simpson Park is a wilderness park located in the Santa Rosa Hills southeast of Hemet with sheltered picnic area and tables, barbecues, restrooms, and hiking trails. At an elevation of 2,500 feet (760 m), it provides an expansive…

Average elevation: 535 m

Sorenson

United States > California > Alameda County > Hayward

Average elevation: 55 m

Natividad

United States > California > Monterey County

Average elevation: 90 m

Friant

United States > California > Fresno County

Friant (formerly, Converse Ferry, Jones Ferry, Hamptonville, and Pollasky) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census, down from 778 at the 2000 census. Friant is located 11.5 miles (19 km) north of Clovis, at an elevation of 344…

Average elevation: 135 m

Bonsall

United States > California > San Diego County

Average elevation: 98 m

Temecula

United States > California > Riverside County

Average elevation: 387 m

Hayward

United States > California > Alameda County

Average elevation: 77 m

San Bruno

United States > California > San Mateo County

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14 km2), all of it land. The city spreads from the mostly flat lowlands near San Francisco Bay into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, which rise to more than 600 feet (180 m) above sea level in Crestmoor and…

Average elevation: 53 m

Live Oak

United States > California > Santa Cruz County

Live Oak is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California between the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola and north of the former Union Pacific railroad. Live Oak sits at an elevation of 102 feet (31 m). The population was 17,038 at the 2020 census. The population of the greater Live Oak area,…

Average elevation: 50 m

Denair

United States > California > Stanislaus County

Average elevation: 40 m

Sunnyvale

United States > California > Santa Clara County

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.7 sq mi (58.8 km2), of which, 22.0 sq mi (56.9 km2) of it is land and 0.69 sq mi (1.8 km2) of it (3.09%) is water. Its elevation is 130 feet above sea level.

Average elevation: 24 m

Fresno

United States > California > Fresno County

Average elevation: 98 m

Long Beach

United States > California > Los Angeles County

Willow Springs Park was founded as a part of the Willow Springs Wetlands Restoration Project which opened in October 2017. The project restored 11 acres of a 48-acre degraded oil well site into wetlands. These highlight the pivotal role the ecosystem played in the City of Long Beach's establishment in the late…

Average elevation: 12 m

Alamo

United States > California > Contra Costa County

Average elevation: 197 m

Redding

United States > California > Shasta County

The elevation in Redding is 495 feet (151 meters) on average, whereas anywhere to the north, east, or west of downtown ranges between 550 and 800 feet (170 and 240 m). Southern portions range between 400 and 500 feet (120 and 150 m).

Average elevation: 240 m

Sierra County

United States > California

Prior to the California Gold Rush, the area was home to both the Maidu and the Washoe peoples. They generally summered in the higher elevations to hunt and fish, and returned to lower elevations for the winter months. After the discovery of gold in the Sierra foothills sparked the California Gold Rush, more…

Average elevation: 1,690 m

Point Dume

United States > California > Los Angeles County > Malibu

Offshore, the nutrient-rich and frigid waters of the Pacific enhance the entire marine food web, from primary producers such as algae and zooplankton to apex predators like sand sharks, bottlenose dolphins, and gray whales. Within the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), the diverse seafloor topography encompasses…

Average elevation: 12 m

Twentynine Palms

United States > California > San Bernardino County

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 59.1 square miles (153 km2), all land. The city is at an elevation of 1,988 feet (606 m). The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms is located there.

Average elevation: 690 m

Novel Park

United States > California > Orange County > Irvine

Average elevation: 102 m

Orange

United States > California > Orange County

Average elevation: 77 m

San Marcos

United States > California > San Diego County

Average elevation: 225 m

San Leandro

United States > California > Alameda County

The San Leandro Hills run above the city to the northeast. In the lower elevations of the city, an upper regionally contained aquifer is located 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) below the surface. At least one deeper aquifer exists approximately 250 feet (75 m) below the surface. Some salt water intrusion has taken…

Average elevation: 21 m

Milpitas

United States > California > Santa Clara County

The median elevation of Milpitas is 19 feet (6 m). At Piedmont Road, Evans Road, and North Park Victoria Drive, the elevation is generally about 100 feet (30 m), while the western area is almost at sea level. The highest point in Milpitas is a 1,289-foot (393 m) peak in the southeastern foothills.

Average elevation: 47 m

Nevada County

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,188 m

Shasta County

United States > California

Average elevation: 1,053 m

San Mateo

United States > California > San Mateo County

Average elevation: 48 m

Salinas

United States > California > Monterey County

Prior to mass agricultural and urban development, much of the city consisted of rolling hills bisected by wooded creeks and interspersed with marsh land. Today, the city is located mostly on leveled ground, with some rolling hills and wooded gulches with creeks remaining in the north-eastern Creekbridge and…

Average elevation: 19 m

Topanga

United States > California > Los Angeles County

Average elevation: 248 m

Sebastopol

United States > California > Sonoma County

Sebastopol's elevation is 65 to 250 feet (20 to 76 meters) above sea level. Its downtown is at the intersection of State Route 12 and State Route 116 (Gravenstein Highway), approximately 9 mi (14 km) west of U.S. Route 101.

Average elevation: 43 m

Yountville

United States > California > Napa County

Average elevation: 68 m

San Juan Bautista

United States > California > San Benito County

In June 1904, early aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery made a series of successful test flights using his tandem-wing glider in San Juan. This was a prototype to his 1905 gliders that were used to make the first successful high-altitude flights in heavier-than-air flying machines in the world.

Average elevation: 72 m

Merced County

United States > California

Average elevation: 154 m

Calaveras County

United States > California

Average elevation: 780 m

Escondido

United States > California > San Diego County

Escondido has a borderline semi-arid climate (Köppen: Bsh) and hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with hot summers and cool wet winters. Owing to its inland setting it is considerably warmer than coastal cities like San Diego, Carlsbad or Oceanside during the summertime, and cooler in the winter.…

Average elevation: 273 m

Rancho Cordova

United States > California > Sacramento County

In the Gold Rush era of mid-19th-century California, certain Placer mining activities took place in the Rancho Cordova environs, some traces of which disturbance are extant. The elevation of the generally level terrain is approximately 118 feet (36 m) above mean sea level.[8] Lone Star Gravel Company and other…

Average elevation: 31 m

Selma

United States > California > Selma

Selma is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 23,319 at the 2010 census, up from 19,240 at the 2000 census. Selma is located 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Fresno, at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m).

Average elevation: 96 m

Taft

United States > California > Kern County

Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two) is a city in the foothills at the extreme southwestern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Taft is located 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). The population was 9,327 at the 2010 census.…

Average elevation: 370 m

Thousand Oaks

United States > California > Ventura County > Thousand Oaks

The northern parts consist of mountainous terrain in the Simi Hills, Conejo Mountains and Mount Clef Ridge. Narrow canyons such as Hill Canyon cut through the steeper mountainous areas. Conejo Mountain and Conejo Grade are found in westernmost Newbury Park, while the southernmost parts of Thousand Oaks are…

Average elevation: 333 m

Potrero

United States > California > San Diego County > Potrero

Average elevation: 715 m

Kern County

United States > California > Kern County

Kern County suffers from severe air pollution. Particulates cause poor visibility, especially in the winter. Western Kern County lies in the San Joaquin Valley and the topography traps pollutants. Although the topography is not as unfavorable in eastern Kern County, eastern Kern County is a non-attainment area…

Average elevation: 841 m

Alicia

United States > California > Alicia

Average elevation: 18 m

Adams Square

United States > California > Glendale > Adams Square

Average elevation: 168 m

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